GeForce RTX 5070 vs RTX 4070
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
GB205-300
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
AD104
We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 5070 with 48 pipelines and 6144 shaders against the 1 year and 9 months older RTX RTX 4070 that utilizes 46 pipelines and 5888 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
Review
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score
Value for money (Beta)
Key differences
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 5070
- Performs better (up to 28%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- Shows 21% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 128 vs 106 FPS
- Manufactured using a more efficient 4 nm process technology
- Has 33% higher memory bandwidth: 672 vs 504 GB/s
- Supports Nvidia DLSS 4 technology
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 197 140 130 97 |
172 115 102 79 |
| The Witcher 3 | 216 183 131 71 |
194 159 114 61 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 293 210 160 81 |
272 205 149 81 |
| Far Cry 6 | 164 145 128 82 |
149 133 115 68 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 140 117 92 51 |
117 97 77 39 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 178 171 136 89 |
149 145 107 69 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 123 107 89 58 |
106 88 72 43 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 164 144 99 43 |
129 119 75 37 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 253 238 189 98 |
211 190 145 80 |
| 1080p High | 192 | 167 |
| 1080p Ultra | 162 | 139 |
| 1440p Ultra | 128 | 106 |
| 4K Ultra | 74 | 62 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 22708 | 17799 |
| Solar Bay | 107004 | 82861 |
| Port Royal | 14498 | 11156 |
| Fire Strike | 58324 | 44067 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 43879 | 35472 |
| Night Raid | 172064 | 153385 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 254.4 img/sec | 233 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 180.6 img/sec | 141.7 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 7.91 Gpixels/sec | 6.62 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 10.2 Gpixels/sec | 9.19 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 10.7 Gpixels/sec | 9.2 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.84 Gpixels/sec | 1.78 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 975.7 Gpixels/sec | 845.4 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 27816.5 FPS | 25043.9 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 1289 | 1165 |
| DirectX 11 | 279 FPS | 243 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 106 FPS | 103 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 14323 Ops/s | 14561 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
GeForce RTX 5070
No benchmark results yet
GeForce RTX 4070
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2025-12-14 (kashitsu) | Cinebench 2024 | 18051 |
Artificial Intelligence Tests
Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasksGeekBench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
| Image Classification (SP) | 12270 | 10246 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 30237 | 26153 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 35585 | 32054 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 62662 | 51337 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 145190 | 124617 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 4198 | 3703 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 6233 | 5484 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 16709 | 13134 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 58300 | 50548 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 246598 | 263477 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 5070 and RTX 4070General
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | January 7, 2025 | April 13, 2023 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $549 | $599 |
| Case | Desktop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Blackwell 2.0 | Ada Lovelace |
| GPU Codename | GB205-300 | AD104 |
| Rival Equivalent | - Radeon RX 9070 | - Radeon RX 7900 XT |
| Successor | - | - GeForce RTX 5070 |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 5 245K or above | - Intel Core i7 14700K or above |
Desktop GPU rating (21st and 30th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 2160 MHz | 1920 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2512 MHz | 2475 MHz |
| Shading Units | 6144 | 5888 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 192 | 184 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 80 | 64 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 48 | 46 |
| Tensor Cores | 192 | 184 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 48 | 46 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 48MB shared | 36MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 201 GPixel/s | 158 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 482 GTexel/s | 455 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| TGP | 250 W | 200 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 4 nm | 5 nm |
| Die Size | 263 mm² | 294 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 31.1 billion | 35 billion |
| Transistor Density | 118.25 MTr/mm² | 119.05 MTr/mm² |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR7 | GDDR6X |
| Memory Size | 12 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory Clock | 1750 MHz | 1313 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 28000 Mbps | 21000 Mbps |
| Bus | 192-bit | 192-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12.2 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| CUDA | 12.0 | 8.9 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | DLSS 4 | DLSS 3 |
| DisplayPort | 2.1b | 1.4a |
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